Peli, the U.S. speciality company for lighting solutions and robust plastic cases for outdoor purposes, has hired Andy Comerford as consumer sales manager for its ProGear range of consumer products in the region of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. After serving various consumer goods companies, mainly in the U.K. and northern Europe, he took on his new role just a few days before the OutDoor show, where Peli was showing. Before joining the EMEA operations based in Barcelona, Spain, Comerford worked for companies such as Creative Labs, Cisco, D-Link and others.